Should You Buy A Used Tesla? | All Repairs Of Our 2015 Tesla Model S 85D
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 Published On May 14, 2021

Our 2015 Tesla Model S which we purchased as a used CPO vehicle directly from Tesla with a 2 year or 100,000 mile warranty just achieved the 100,000 mile mark on the odometer and 6 days later we arrived at our 2 year anniversary! In this video I review all the repairs from our first 2 years of ownership and how well the vehicle has worked for us as our only vehicle for a family of 5.

Three days after I published this video a Tesla mobile service technician replaced my front passenger door handle (hardware version 2.5 apparently which is the latest version that fits into my vehicle) under warranty. In hindsight watching him do it all it's more involved than I remember from the passenger rear door handle they replaced 2 years ago and I'm glad he did it. From his memory it would have cost $378 to have them do it not under warranty and it might be worth the price to just have them do it...plus they now use upgraded hardware that doesn't have the gear failure problem. The new door handle requires a custom firmware update to work correctly that a DIY individual such as myself can't do. Here's hoping all my door handles now last for many more years! While he had the covers taken off I went ahead and replaced my cabin air filter with one I got on Amazon for $20 here https://amzn.to/3opVQm1 Also two weeks after this video was published I replaced the tires with Bridgestone Turanza Quiettrack tires for $763.21. That is after the $415.80 refund from the warranty of the prior tires which were Continental ExtremeContact DWS06 which have a 50,000 mile warranty and I only got 24,372 miles on them. These new Quiettrack tires have a 80,000 mile warranty which I'm confident will get less miles than that. It turns out that tires for a Tesla aren't as expensive as I had previously thought if you collect on mileage warranties. For instance my Continental ExtremeContact DWS06 tires cost a total of $474.80 with the initial rebate and the mileage warranty included to drive 24,372 miles which is a cost of 1.9 cents per mile for just the tires. That includes mounting, balancing, taxes etc...

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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:08 Our Ownership Philosophy
3:32 The Condition Of The Outside
5:23 Condition Of The Inside
11:36 Condition Of The Frunk
12:27 My General Thoughts Of It’s Condition
12:45 My Service Records
13:24 Service History Prior To My Ownership
16:21 Service History During Our 2 Years Of Ownership
31:59 Battery Degradation Report
34:38 Wrap Up

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